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Introduction

Virtual PC's are very helpful for advance users or for IT to do different tests or configurations. As IT my Laptop it's very important and i can't imagine if need to format from the beginning because of a problem in the middle of a day.

Steps
(2 total)

1

Confirm Virtualization Technology that Enable or Disable

- ->If your CPU is mabe by intel you can download a free utility to see the results.
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- ->If your CPU is mabe by AMD you can download free utility to confirm the status of Virtualization Technology.
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- ->If the Virtualization Technology isn't enable then you must restart your PC,Laptop and open your BIOS. Common keys for Bios are Del or F10 but it's better to find how can open your BIOS base on your model of PC or Laptop.
- ->Most of the motherboards has the option of Virtualization Technology in Advance Chip set Settings or in Security - - >System Security.
When you enable the feature click F10 to save and exit from BIOS.

2

Setting up HYPER-V Client.

After Enable Virtualization Technology from Bios and have restart your PC it's time to setup your HYPER-V Client.

- ->Right Click in Start Button and select Control Panel.
- ->Click on Program and Features.
- ->From the left side click on Turn Windows Features on or off.
- ->Tick in option Hyper-V and be sure that tick all the options inside Hyper-V.
- ->Wait to finish the installation and restart the PC.
- ->Now you have setup the HYPER V-Client and can proceed to create the new Virtual Machine.
- ->Click in Start Button and search the word hyperv. When find the program Right Click and select Pin to Task bar.
- ->Open the HYPERV-Manager from taskbar to create your new Virtual Machine.
- ->If you have setup a LAN and you want to connect your Virtual Machine in your LAN you must do a small change.
- ->Select from the right side the Virtual Switch Manager.
- ->Click on button Create Virtual Switch.
- ->For basic configuration don't change anything and click OK to create the virtual switch that can connect in your Virtual Machine.

Conclusion

Now you have the ability to proceed and create your test environment from a single PC or Laptop without do changes in your physical PC.

2 Comments

One additional tip - make sure you're on the latest BIOS for your machine. Some of the machines that "meet" the requirements for Hyper-V have older BIOS revisions that don't properly support the virtualization hardware.